"There is no way to prevent this" says only country where this happens regularly.

If only she had a gun she could have protected herself!

How in the FUCK does that guy get access to guns? Is there literally no check and balances for buying a gun in the states? WTF

"Stray Bullet" makes it sound like the bullet got off leash. This was a reckless and irresponsible use of firearms and we should start calling it that.

From the article:

"Taylor had been criminally charged multiple times in the past, including in 2021 when he was charged with three counts of assault with a deadly weapon."

Yeah, that's definitely someone who needed to be out on the streets and still armed. 👌 what the fuck

The cost of freedom i guess

There is so much that is unfortunate about this. First off, another person dead because of guns. Second, there is so much news and uproar because she was a young white woman. This is undeniable. Third, in looking for statistics on stray bullet incidences, I found that there is no official tracking in the US.

I found a study of 2008 stray bullet incidents, including deaths from combining news reports. In the year, they found 284 of 501 unique reports of different incidences that met criteria injuring 317 ppl (almost one a day). Of these, about 20% died, and most injured were at home, not aware of any gun violence. Suffice to say, each statistic is a person just like her, and their deaths are all needless tragedies brought on by gun culture.

Source: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/201323

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Child in Gunsville, Alabama, dressed as gun holding a gun at a local gun appreciation day parade gets shot in the gun by a group of gun-shooting friends called the "fun guns gun group" who's group motto is "let's gun for fun!". Now is not the time to discuss guns.

Well this is america, you have to expect stray bullets.

This wasn't just a stray bullet. This was a madman who had terrorized people with guns in the past, and was set free because he isn't fit to stand trial, which somehow means he's fit to be free and have guns.

I don't give a fuck about the shooters backstory or why he's messed up in the head, he should never been allowed out in society of he's not fit, yet dangerous.

How sad. What a waste.

America moment

USA! USA! USA!

The only strays found in parks should be dogs. Not freaking bullets!!!! What the heck is a 'stray bullet' anyway, they move in straight lines and can only be set off by someone pulling a trigger.

Everyone together!

Pretty 👏 much 👏 no 👏 one 👏 needs 👏 a 👏 gun 👏 in 👏 first 👏 world 👏 countries!

They 👏 should 👏 be 👏 made 👏 illegal 👏 for 👏 most!

(Unsurprisingly I see a bunch of blank comments from users I blocked in the past, can't wait to add more to the list!)

Edit: If you downvote me could you please comment just so I can make sure I block all the people who don't believe in reality?

Edit 2: Oh man that's funny, there's someone following my history and automatically downvoting every comment I make 😂

Guns don't kill stray bullets do...

I go to the same college as she did, I didn't know her as I'm two years above her. There is currently a makeshift memorial set up in memory of her where they held the vigil the day after she was shot. What was really surreal was driving around close to where she was shot was just seeing people walking around like nothing had happened, just continuing on with their lives. I felt this same way the day of the Covenant shooting, which was less than a year ago now. I honestly think that the only way this senseless gun violence will end is if someone shoots up the capitol (pls note I do not plan on this or that this is a call to action). I wish we didn't have to deal with this but the gun culture has become to ingrained that I wonder how many innocent lives we'll go through before it ends.

This article has some bullshit in it. I don't doubt the reporting; I doubt the authorities. Per actual Federal law, a finding of being mentally incompetent to stand trial means the defendant is incarcerated indefinitely, not released. Why the hell was this guy on the streets?

They really need to do something about this. Bulletproof vests should be mandatory in public places.

Stray bullet also makes it sound like it was "aimed" and mjssed the target a little bit

Also in the column "Events that don't happen in civilized countries":

Thoughts and effin' prayers man... 🤬

MURICA!!!!

The cost of freedom i guess

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A black man named Shaquille Tyler was responsible https://www.newschannel5.com/news/newschannel-5-investigates/who-is-shaquille-taylor-the-man-charged-with-shooting-a-belmont-university-student

Yall care when it's a pretty blonde white woman but this happens every hour in Nashville